Chapter 474

When they got back home, the two of them hit the kitchen together just like old times.

It'd been a hot minute since they last cooked up a storm together, and Theresa must've sensed it, because she was over the moon seeing them at it again tonight, barging into the kitchen, all thumbs, eager to lend a hand.

Sophia and Brandon didn't put any brakes on her; they gave her some easy- peasy tasks, and the little pumpkin was all in, working her socks off.

The excitement and joy carried over to dinner, with Theresa gabbing away, trying to juggle eating and chatting at the same time.

She was so much more full of beans than she had been in the past few days. It was clear as day that Theresa was really digging this family vibe.

Sophia, watching Theresa like this, felt a rollercoaster of emotions. As a mom, seeing her kid happy and chipper was the biggest win she could ask for.

Her internal scales were already tipping, almost without her realizing it, towards giving Theresa the full family package.

a touch of

notice she had stopped fussing with the tableware and was just staring

watching Theresa, Brandon had his eyes locked on her. He didn't miss

was like

a walk, helped her with her

to the studio next door. Brandon didn't follow; they both needed some time

chair, leaning

all the moments since they met: the first time he laid eyes on her as she walked into the high school classroom, the way she nervously approached her seat under the teacher's direction, the evenings they biked home past the river, the pride he felt

an old projector, through the heart-pounding surprise reunion at the class gathering, the whirlwind of emotions that led to a night

years, always quiet

that she would always be there; whenever he was weary, whenever he remembered to look back, she

she wasn't. She could

to finish, Sophia never really

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